Mexico police find 15 bodies in clandestine grave

MONTERREY, Mexico 
Mexican authorities say they have found 15 bodies buried in a clandestine grave in northern Mexico.

Nuevo Leon state police say shepherds came across two decomposing bodies near a dirt road late Tuesday in the town of Juarez and alerted police.

A state police investigator said Wednesday that another 13 badly decomposed bodies were buried underneath. He said they had been buried for at least a month. The investigator spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the case.

Last month, police found two separate pits containing human remains in Juarez. Last year, soldiers found 51 bodies buried at an isolated ranch in the same town.